Overcoming Barriers to Employment: Strategies of Rehabilitation Providers

Crudden, Adele; Sansing, William; Butler, Stacy

doi:10.1177/0145482x0509900602

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“…A number of strategies have been used by persons with visual impairments to overcome employment-related transportation barriers, including relocation, riding with co-workers, using private transportation systems, and hiring drivers (Crudden, Sansing, & Butler, 2005). In a national survey of persons who are blind or visually impaired, the most common method of getting to work was public transportation, followed by paratransit, walking, or having a spouse or family member provide transportation (Crudden et al, 2015).…”

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Transportation self-efficacy and employment among individuals with visual impairments

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Crudden

2018

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BACKGROUND: Many people who are blind or visually impaired face difficulties with transportation due to their inability to drive. Accordingly, transportation is widely considered a barrier to employment for people who are blind or visually impaired, and transportation selfefficacy is a factor that may minimize the impact of this barrier. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine transportation self-efficacy and its association with employment among working-age adults with visual impairments who were nondrivers. METHOD: This study included data from 327 people who participated in a national transportation survey of individuals with visual impairments. A multiple logistic regression analysis was conducted to predict full-time employment based on transportation self-efficacy and other factors. RESULTS: Factors predicting full-time employment included census region, severity of vision loss, and years of education. Interaction effects indicated that odds of employment generally increased as transportation self-efficacy increased; however, the effect of self-efficacy was dependent upon age and age at onset of visual impairment. CONCLUSIONS: Transportation self-efficacy was an important predictor of employment, particularly for younger people and for those who experienced significant vision loss more recently. Vocational rehabilitation counselors and other service providers can provide support to consumers to increase their transportation self-efficacy.

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Section: Transportation and Employmentmentioning

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Transportation self-efficacy and employment among individuals with visual impairments

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Crudden

2018

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“…Specifically, we empirically evaluated the use of the BRM approach and the use of blindness-specific techniques with businesses, found to be important in previous research (Crudden et al, 2005;Crudden et al, 2002). We utilized survey data collected from VR agency professionals combined with Rehabilitation Services Administration's case service report (RSA-911) agency consumer data to investigate the research questions.…”

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The Relationship Between Vocational Rehabilitation Professional’s Interactions With Businesses and Employment Outcomes for Consumers Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired

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2015

Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin

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The purpose of this study was to determine if there is an association between how vocational rehabilitation (VR) counselors and business relations (BR) staff interact with employers and employment outcomes for consumers who are blind or visually impaired. To determine how VR professionals interact with employers, a survey was conducted that included measures of their use of the Business Relations Model (BRM) and of three blindness-specific techniques with businesses believed to be effective based on prior research. These measures were averaged across agencies and combined with Rehabilitation Services Administration’s case service report (RSA-911) data to determine their association with consumer employment outcomes, utilizing multilevel modeling. How staff reported interacting with employers was associated with the agency’s employment outcomes for consumers. The more counselors reported they used practices consistent with the BRM approach, the more likely their agency’s consumers were to achieve employment. The more BR staff used the blindness-specific techniques, the more likely their agency’s consumers were to achieve employment. Training in the areas of interacting with businesses (for counselors) and blindness and assistive technology (for BR staff) would be beneficial for many people in these positions.

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“…National estimates in Canada indicate that only 32% of persons with vision loss are employed and many of those that do work are underemployed [1] Part of the difficulty with finding and retaining work, as well as the need to settle 'for second best' in order to become employed, relates to the lack of suitable technology within workplaces, a lack of knowledge of how to interact with employees with vision loss, and a belief that employees with vision loss are potentially more costly, less productive, and more troublesome [2]. Lack of access to the knowledge and support needed to facilitate ongoing needs of workers with vision loss often also results in persons with vision loss being let go as work tasks or processes change.…”

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“…-Working with employment support agencies to locate job ads and complete applications -Not disclosing vision restrictions until the interview -Providing employers with information on accommodation resources and supports -Arranging private transit to work from friends or family -Developing mobility and navigational skills Employment Counselors [2,3,6,7] can support work retention by:…”

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Overcoming Barriers to Employment: Strategies of Rehabilitation Providers

Cited by 55 publications

References 6 publications

Transportation self-efficacy and employment among individuals with visual impairments

Transportation self-efficacy and employment among individuals with visual impairments

The Relationship Between Vocational Rehabilitation Professional’s Interactions With Businesses and Employment Outcomes for Consumers Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired

Work transition tip: Work Seeking and Retention Issues: Strategies for Persons with Vision Loss

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